Posts Tagged ‘sentenced’
September 30th, 2010
Human rights campaigner Surat Ikramov was
found guilty on libel charges on 28 September for an article he published about the suspicious death of singer Dilnura Kadyrjanova in 2007.
Ikramov, head of the Initiative Group of Independent Human Rights Activists of Uzbekistan, was fined 100,000 som (around $60) and ordered to publicly refute the article by publishing approved corrections. Authorities claimed the death of Kadyrjanova, who had been the mistress of a prominent police chief, was suicide. Ikramov’s report suggested that the police chief had used his position of power to prevent a full murder investigation.
September 28th, 2010
An
Iranian news website is reporting that blogger Hossein “Hoder” Derakhshan has been
sentenced to more than 19 years in prison. Mashregh News says that he was convicted on charges of cooperating with hostile countries, spreading anti-government propaganda, promotion of counter-revolutionary groups and insulting Islam. Derakhshan has been in
prison since 2008. The report says that he can appeal against the sentence.
September 27th, 2010
The leader of the opposition has been
sentenced to ten years in prison for comments he made about a border dispute with Vietnam. Sam Rainsy, who is currently living in exile in Paris, was convicted in absentia on 23 September, on charges of spreading disinformation and falsifying maps. He had questioned whether the border had been incorrectly marked by the government in favour of Cambodia, and disseminated a map detailing the accusations. Presiding judge Ke Sakhan said that Rainsy’s acts “
seriously affected the honour of the government“. The trial was closed to the public.
June 11th, 2010
A writer for Sabah newspaper writer has been
fined TL 5,000 (€ 2500) for describing a judge as “officious.”Nazli Ilicak was found guilty of “attacking personal rights” in the article from 25 May 2009 entitled “The President’s immunity.” Ilicak had been previously sentenced to imprisonment of eleven months and 20 days for insulting the same judge but the sentence was postponed.
